body heat
noun
: heat produced in the body of a living animal by metabolic and physical activities
called also animal heat
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Cooling features help prevent body heat from getting trapped in the mattress while also increasing ventilation.
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Elaheh Nozari, Architectural Digest, 12 July 2024
The warm interior helps trap your body heat and keep you toasty no matter the weather.
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This Luggage Set Features Wheels Made for Effortless Gliding
Easily maneuver the airport thanks to the wheels on this Smasonite set.
—Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2024
Unlike their bulkier, more brutish-looking elders, which have the ability to raise their internal temperature above the surrounding water temperature, smaller adolescent great white sharks can’t yet regulate their body heat, Mailander said.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
But as temperatures soar, the side effect of different medications can affect your body heat.
—Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
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Elaheh Nozari, Architectural Digest, 12 July 2024
The warm interior helps trap your body heat and keep you toasty no matter the weather.
Find it on Amazon
This Luggage Set Features Wheels Made for Effortless Gliding
Easily maneuver the airport thanks to the wheels on this Smasonite set.
—Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2024
Unlike their bulkier, more brutish-looking elders, which have the ability to raise their internal temperature above the surrounding water temperature, smaller adolescent great white sharks can’t yet regulate their body heat, Mailander said.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
But as temperatures soar, the side effect of different medications can affect your body heat.
—Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
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“Body heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20heat. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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